Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 8, Semester 1 — Page 90

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

نَسْتَنْتِجُ: السَّجْعُ: هُوَ تَوافُقُ فَاصِلَتَيْنِ، أَوْ أَكْثَرَ فِي الحَرْفِ الأَخِيرِ.

Conclusion: Saj' (rhymed prose) is the correspondence of two or more terminal words in their final letter.

وَقَدْ يَخْطُرُ بِبَالِ أَحَدٍ أَنَّ السَّجْعَ لا يَأْتي في الشِّعْرِ، فَنُجيبُهُ: إِنَّ مَوْطِنَ السَّجْعِ النَّثْرُ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ يَأْتي في الشِّعْرِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ قَليلاً، كَقَوْلِ المُتَنَبِّـي: فَنَحْنُ في جَذَلٍ، وَالرّومُ في وَجَلٍ، وَالبَرِّ في شُغُلِ، وَالبَحْرُ فِي خَجَلِ.

One might assume that Saj' does not appear in poetry, but we respond: while Saj' is primarily a feature of prose, it can occur in poetry, albeit rarely. Take, for example, the words of Al-Mutanabbi: 'We are in joy, the Romans are in fear, the land is in turmoil, and the sea is in shame.'

وَأَفْضَلُ السَّجْعِ ما تَساوَتْ جُمَلُهُ، وَكانَ سَليماً مِنَ التَّكَلُّفِ، خالياً مِنَ التَّكْرارِ في غَيْرِ فَائِدَةٍ.

The best Saj' is that which features balanced sentences, is free from affectation, and avoids pointless repetition.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (25 verbs · 55 nouns)

• اِسْتَنْتَجَ — to conclude
• خَطَرَ — to occur
• أَتَى — to come
• سَجْع — rhymed prose
• تَوافُقٌ — concordance
• فَاصِلَة — clause ending